Honors at Assembly for Putnam Prize and eighteen awards
The Honors Assembly will award the Putnam Prize plus eighteen prizes including the Allen Prize in Mathematics Estelle M Allison Prize for literature Mary E Allison Prize for general scholarship Bryson Memorial Prize Reed Prize Speranza Prize Tatlock Prize Von Wold Award Benet scholarship Murray fellowship Rice fellowship Riemer Scholarship Gilder sleeve Prize Columbia University Prize Meyer Graduate Scholarship and more. President Millicent Carey Mc Intosh will preside. recipients to remain confidential until announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Allison
von Wold
Benet
Murray
Rice
Millicent Carey McIntosh
Assembly
CU Players Stage 59th Varsity Show The Shape of Things
Columbia University Players present the 59th annual varsity show The Shape of Things from April 29 to May 2 at McMillin Theater. The satire lampoons Krumbum's Department Store on Fifth Avenue and Western Europe, with a pony ballet and an electric sign as a standout prop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University Players
McMillin Theater
Krumbum’s
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Ellie Cate
Barry Grael
Geoffry Gates Brown
Homer Dennison
Retirement Announced by Barnard Professors Hoffherr and Puckett
Professors Frederic G. Hoffherr and Hugh W. Puckett will retire at the end of the current academic year. Puckett, Barnard German department executive officer, joined in 1916 after teaching at Illinois and has served on faculty committees and German Club advising. Hoffherr, head of the French department, came to Barnard via Columbia faculty in 1919 and was appointed in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh W. Puckett
Frederic G. Hoffherr
Puckett
Barnard
University of Illinois
Milbank
Birmingham Southern College
Tulane
Harvard
University of Munich
Lyon
France
Hoffherr
University of Lyon
Laughton Recites Dickens Wolfe and More at Institute
Charles Laughton opened a Institute of Arts and Sciences lecture night with humorous parodies and read selections from Dickens Wolfe and Andersen. He discussed Shaw and Dickens’ critique of English society and the circumlocution office before turning to Little Dorrit and the Myrtle sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughton
Charles Dickens
Thomas Wolfe
Hans Christian Andersen
Abraham Lincoln
Institute of Arts and Sciences
McMillin Theater
Mr. Laughton
Shaw
Hell
Heaven
Mr. Shaw
Dickens
England
Mrs. Myrtle
Myrtle
London
Morningside Heights Protests Public Housing Cut
Millicent Carey McIntosh of Morningside Heights Housing Corp telegraphed President Eisenhower to protest the House action removing the public housing program from the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill. David Rockefeller announced a board resolution as 14 institutions negotiate site clearance and funding for Morning side Heights Title One. Barnard College is among the sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent Carey McIntosh
Morningside Heights Housing Corporation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House of Representatives
David Rockefeller
Morningside Heights, Inc
The
Heights
McIntosh
Congress
Morningside Heights
New York City
Independent Offices
Senate
Robert Daugherty
Morningside
Prof Bentley on Idealism in Theatre at Noon Meeting
Eric Bentley visiting Columbia English professor will speak on Idealism and the Theatre at the Thursday Noon Meeting. He is associate professor at Minnesota and adviser to The Kenyon Review since 1948. He writes for Harpers The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Bentley
Columbia University
Mr. Bentley
University of Minnesota
Kenyon Review
Harpers
Atlantic Monthly
New York Times
Theatre Arts
Bernard Shaw
Alfred A. Knopf Co
The
New Republic
Jake
Students Propose Decor For New Barnard Center
Barnard students answered a questionnaire on decorating the new Student Center on the fourth floor of Barnard Hall funded by a 45000 James Foundation gift. They want all day access, late weekend hours, a chess corner, jazz concerts, a ping pong table, a phonograph, and a plane. A TV was rejected and a snack bar will replace vending machines to supplement Hewitt cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Undergraduate Committee On Development
Barnard Hall
The
James Foundation
Annex
Hewitt
Von Scheven Heads Orientation Program
Gisella von Scheven 55 is named chairman of Freshman Orientation. Elin Brown 55 becomes vice-chairman as junior representative. Steering committee includes Florence Federman 55, Cathy Lotus 55, Barbara Lyons 55. Tours Chairman introduced to improve tours. schedule tentative. Freshmen enter September 20 with sponsors. events include a Columbia dance, President's luncheon, Play Day, and intro to student government and honor system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gisella von Scheven
Elin Brown
Florence Federman
Cathy Lotus
Barbara Lyons
Columbia
Test Schedule Notification and Deficiency Examinations
The tentative exam timetable is posted and students must report any conflicts to the Registrar. Deficiency examinations will be held in October.
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Estelle M. Allison Prize
Reed
Bulletin
Meyer
McIintosh
BC Head
By Marcia Rubinstein
Prof
Bentley
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